Silicon's Role in Abiotic and Biotic Plant Stresses

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 85-107

  Debona, Daniel ^a   Rodrigues, Fabrício A ^a   Datnoff, Lawrence E ^b  

^a Viçosa Federal University   (Brazil)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Drought; Foliar diseases; Host defense mechanisms; Metal toxicity; Pest control; Plant nutrition; Salt stress; Soilborne diseases

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS;

DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; PROTEOMICS; SILICON; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85027065820     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: 15452107     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080516-035312     Document Type: Article

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